"For when the wine is in, the wit is out."

"WIT, n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out."

"WITTICISM, n. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted, and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a "…"

"Essere la natura de' motti cotale, che essi come la pecora morde deono cosi mordere l'uditore, e non come 'l cane: pe…"

"Aristotle said * * * melancholy men of all others are most witty."

"We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it …"

"Great wits and valours, like great states, Do sometimes sink with their own weights."

"His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home."

"Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide."

"There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics…"